A Day in the Life

I can't even remember the last time I did one of these.  I know this is probably a major bore to most of you, but I love being able to see what life was like with a 4 and 21 month old!

There is a picture overload ahead, fair warning!!

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6:45am : Miss Hollin is up and screaming for mommy. I've always said that she never cries from her crib and she still doesn't. It's a blood-curdling scream, but hey, it's her.

We crawl back in my bed for a few minutes. I turn on her favorite movie, and hope that I can get a few more minutes.

7:15am :  We head downstairs for breakfast. This morning I gave her a blueberry bagel for the first time.

While I'm warming it, she decides she wants to draw :)


She was not feeling the bagel, so Honey Bunches of Oats it is.



7:30am : Hollin gets in trouble for tossing all of her food on the floor.



7:45am : Daddy comes downstairs which is not at all the usual. He overslept this particular morning. He is typically out the door by 6:30am, but we enjoyed his late-start :)



8:15am : Hollin realizes that her "bubba" is not awake yet. She decides to head upstairs and wake him up.



8:30am : Harper comes downstairs and has a Pop-Tart on the couch. He is a good sport about watching Barbie. And of course, Miss Bottomless Pit wants the other Pop-Tart! (It's so precious to me that he has his Nintendo DS and his monkey that he has slept with since he was a baby:)



8:45am : While the babies eat, I transfer my grocery list to my planner for our Target trip this morning.

Harper becomes really interested in vacuuming, so I let him do that for awhile while Hollin plays.



9:15am : We head upstairs to get ready. Hollin is up first :)




I put Hollin in the crib in my bedroom so that I can get ready too!





I don't have an area to do my makeup and because my bathroom is so small, I usually sit in my bed to do my makeup. It works for now :)



9:45am : Harper's turn to get ready! He is so good about letting me get him dressed. This definitely used to be a major struggle for us.



10:30am : We're finally at Target. On a Saturday, which I really dislike. Oh yeah and North Carolina's last tax-free weekend ever. It's just the way it fell this week though. I grab the kids their juice and container of chocolate chip cookies to share for the trip. You bet I bribe them!



10:40am : Harper spills half the container on the floor and almost has a meltdown.

11:20am : We get back to the car and I have a voicemail that my mom's birthday present is ready! I decide last minute to go get it because today is her birthday and I can't wait for her to open it. (I don't have a pic, but it's an orange linen zip-up tote with her name embroidered in blue. She loved it!)

11:35am : I roll the windows down and turn the radio up as we drive. The babies love to feel the wind although it doesn't look like it.



12:05pm : We get home, unload the loot, and I put Hollin down for her nap. She was not a happy girl by the time we made it home :( I change clothes.

12:20pm : I'm really excited about my Tide Pods! I've never tried any, so I actually want to do laundry today. I put the stuff away and throw a load in the wash.


12:30pm : I make a sandwich for lunch. I forgot to get tortilla chips at Target, so I can't have my side of chips and salsa. Dangit.



12:40pm : I sit down for the first time so far today. I'm not feeling well, so I just sit there, even though there are a million things to do. Harper goes outside to play.



1:20pm : I finally get off the couch and grab some chicken out of the freezer to thaw for tacos! I clean up a few things using my new Cucumber Method cleaner. This is my favorite scent so far.

2:30pm : Kraken Hollin is awake and ready for me to come get her. I change her into her swimsuit since Harper has asked for a pool afternoon.

2:45pm : I feed Hollin her lunch. She usually eats before her nap, but our last minute trip to get grandma's present this morning threw our timing off. I LOVE to watch her eat! Today, she was cooling off her hot macaroni. This face is too precious!




3:10pm : Even though we are lucky enough to have a pool in our backyard, we still have to pack up like we are going to someone else's! I had better have snacks, juice, towels and the whole she-bang or I will have unhappy babies.




(The bottom left photo is Hollin sitting her baby in a chair to dry off. She is such a good little mommy:)

4:30pm : We head inside for bath time. They usually don't get in until 5pm, but on pool days, they get in whenever we get out of the pool.



5:15pm : Everyone is out of the bath and dressed for bed! The babies play.

5:30pm : We head outside to kill some time. I know they will probably get dirty again, but it's alright. That's what wipes are for.


6:00pm : We head inside and I feed Hollin her dinner.

6:20pm : Time for dinner and more Barbie movie before bed!

6:30pm : Night Night for baby girl.


6:45pm : For some reason, I decide that I want to wash my enormous German Shepherd. It's the first and last time I do this myself :) Harper tries to help, but walks away haha.

7:00pm : Daddy is home!!!!

7:15pm : He is showered and comes down to cook dinner. Typically I have it ready, but since we're having tacos, this is his specialty.

7:30pm : Harper goes outside to feed the cat. You didn't know we had a cat? We didn't. It showed up last week and looked so thin, we started feeding her. So, I guess she ours now. She comes back at the same time every night! Harper named her Callie :)


7:50pm : Harper has his mommy and daddy one-on-one time while Jimmy cooks. Tonight he plays with Play-Doh and asks a bazillion questions. He protests most everything we offer for dinner.



8:10pm : We settle on strawberries and goldfish.  I SO hope that one day he will eat what we eat!!

8:30pm : Dinner time for Jimmy and I! We sit and catch up on the day.

Harper is usually running in to ask more question in between watching Spongebob.


8:45pm : I stop eating to go put Harper to bed.



9:00pm : Jimmy and I head to the couch to watch tv for a bit. This is usually when I catch up on blogging :)

10:30pm : We head upstairs for bed.

11:00pm : Turn it to Conan and usually fall asleep during the show :)

So, this a typical day for us! On days when we have a playdate, we do those in the mornings. I would say that 3:30pm is really when things start going downhill for the babies. It's the beginning of the witching hour and putting them in the bath usually takes care of it. Overall, I just try to keep them busy. The more time we spend at home with nothing to do, the more they bicker and fight over toys and things. The key is just keeping busy and on schedule.

Do your days look similar?? What are some things you do at home to keep your little ones busy?

Happy Monday!